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cause of typhus

Epidemic typhus has also been called camp fever, jail fever, and war fever, names that suggest overcrowding, underwashing, and lowered standards of living. It is caused by the bacterium
Rickettsia prowazekii and is conveyed from person to person by the body louse,
Pediculus humanus humanus. The louse is infected by feeding with its powerful sucking mouth on a...